BIO
Education
2013 M.F.A., Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
2011 B.F.A., summa cum laude, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
2003 M.B.A., Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
1993 B.A., University of International Business, Hanoi, Vietnam
Awards and Honors
2013 Graduate Student Cité Internationale des Arts residency award, Washington University in St. Louis, Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts
2012 Graduate Student Travel Grant Awards from Washington University in St. Louis, Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts
Second place at the juried “33February” exhibition at Old Orchard Gallery, St. Louis
2011-13 Graduate School of Art Scholarship from Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts, Washington University in St. Louis
2010 Medici Scholars Award from the UA College of Fine Arts Medici Scholars Program
2009-10 Highest Academic Distinction Award, University of Arizona
Exhibitions
2013 Porte Ouverte, Cité Internationale Des Arts, 18 rues de l'Hôtel de Ville, 75004 Paris
2013 MFA Exhibition, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis
MFA Open Studio, Washington University Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Art, Lewis Center, 721 Kingsland, St. Louis, MO
Photo Op, St. Louis Artists’ Guild. Juror: Daniel Farnum
No Pasó, Raices Taller Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2012 How Much We Can Control? Clayton Staples Gallery. MFA exhibition at Wichita State University, Wichita, KS. 1845 Fairmount Wichita, KS 67260. Juror: Robert Bubp
Curiouser and Curiouser, The Hinge Gallery, 410 North Newstead, Suite 4 West, St. Louis, Missouri
MFA exhibition, Des Lee Gallery, 1627 Washington Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri
Printmaking exhibition, 2637 Cherokee Street, St. Louis, Missouri
In the Heart of the Heart of the Country, Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts, St. Louis, Missouri. Jurors: Lauren Adams, Richard Krueger, and Monika Weiss
Juried 33February, Old Orchard Gallery (MySLART.org,) 37 South Old Orchard, Webster Groves, Missouri
MFA Open Studio, Washington University Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Art, Lewis Center, 721 Kingsland, St. Louis, MO
2011 Juried Sustainability, St. Louis Artists’ Guild. Juror: Chris Jordan
Juried Drift, St. Louis Artists’ Guild. Juror: Dr. Ivy Cooper
Alignment, Solar Culture, Tucson, Arizona
Testerday, solo show, 5th on 6th Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
Relief Printmaking, Tana Rapp Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
Curación (Healing), Raices Taller Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
BFA Exhibition, Union Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2010 Then, Now, and To Be, Union Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
Phantoms of Delight, Stone Dragon Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
Creative Divergents, online juried competition
Memories of Things Past, Art Partnership Gallery LLC, Tucson, Arizona
Water, solo show, Lionel Rombach Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
6th Annual Mujeres, Mujeres, Mujeres exhibition, Raices Taller Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
The 8th IA21 International Juried Competition, online exhibition
Four Seasons, 5th on 6th Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
Four Seasons (juried), Stone Dragon Gallery, Tucson, Arizona. Jurors: Moira Geoffrion, Barbara Penn, and Julie Sasse, Chief Curator of Tucson Museum of Art
2009 Paris – Tucson, Union Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
Bibliography
MFA 2013 exhibition catalog, Washington University, Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts, St. Louis, Missouri
Persona, Magazine of Art and Literature at the University of Arizona, Vol. 33, 2011
Truong Thang, "Le Minh Hoa, Mot An Uoc Hoi Hoa Dong Tay" (Le Minh Hoa - A Hidden Painting East-West Agreements), February5, 2011, http://quehuongonline.vn/VietNam/Home/Nguoi-Viet-o-nuoc-ngoai/Guong-mat/2011/02/41AF7CA4/
Brenna Goth: “Student Art Feature at Union,” Arizona Daily Wildcat, November 9, 2010, http://wildcat.arizona.edu/news/student-art-featured-at-union-1.1765295
Kassandra Manriquez, "Water Deprivation Inspires UA Artist," The Chronicle, June 13, 2010
Margaret Regan, “Creating Opportunity,” Tucson Weekly, February 25, 2010
Education
2013 M.F.A., Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
2011 B.F.A., summa cum laude, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
2003 M.B.A., Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
1993 B.A., University of International Business, Hanoi, Vietnam
Awards and Honors
2013 Graduate Student Cité Internationale des Arts residency award, Washington University in St. Louis, Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts
2012 Graduate Student Travel Grant Awards from Washington University in St. Louis, Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts
Second place at the juried “33February” exhibition at Old Orchard Gallery, St. Louis
2011-13 Graduate School of Art Scholarship from Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts, Washington University in St. Louis
2010 Medici Scholars Award from the UA College of Fine Arts Medici Scholars Program
2009-10 Highest Academic Distinction Award, University of Arizona
Exhibitions
2013 Porte Ouverte, Cité Internationale Des Arts, 18 rues de l'Hôtel de Ville, 75004 Paris
2013 MFA Exhibition, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis
MFA Open Studio, Washington University Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Art, Lewis Center, 721 Kingsland, St. Louis, MO
Photo Op, St. Louis Artists’ Guild. Juror: Daniel Farnum
No Pasó, Raices Taller Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2012 How Much We Can Control? Clayton Staples Gallery. MFA exhibition at Wichita State University, Wichita, KS. 1845 Fairmount Wichita, KS 67260. Juror: Robert Bubp
Curiouser and Curiouser, The Hinge Gallery, 410 North Newstead, Suite 4 West, St. Louis, Missouri
MFA exhibition, Des Lee Gallery, 1627 Washington Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri
Printmaking exhibition, 2637 Cherokee Street, St. Louis, Missouri
In the Heart of the Heart of the Country, Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts, St. Louis, Missouri. Jurors: Lauren Adams, Richard Krueger, and Monika Weiss
Juried 33February, Old Orchard Gallery (MySLART.org,) 37 South Old Orchard, Webster Groves, Missouri
MFA Open Studio, Washington University Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Art, Lewis Center, 721 Kingsland, St. Louis, MO
2011 Juried Sustainability, St. Louis Artists’ Guild. Juror: Chris Jordan
Juried Drift, St. Louis Artists’ Guild. Juror: Dr. Ivy Cooper
Alignment, Solar Culture, Tucson, Arizona
Testerday, solo show, 5th on 6th Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
Relief Printmaking, Tana Rapp Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
Curación (Healing), Raices Taller Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
BFA Exhibition, Union Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2010 Then, Now, and To Be, Union Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
Phantoms of Delight, Stone Dragon Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
Creative Divergents, online juried competition
Memories of Things Past, Art Partnership Gallery LLC, Tucson, Arizona
Water, solo show, Lionel Rombach Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
6th Annual Mujeres, Mujeres, Mujeres exhibition, Raices Taller Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
The 8th IA21 International Juried Competition, online exhibition
Four Seasons, 5th on 6th Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
Four Seasons (juried), Stone Dragon Gallery, Tucson, Arizona. Jurors: Moira Geoffrion, Barbara Penn, and Julie Sasse, Chief Curator of Tucson Museum of Art
2009 Paris – Tucson, Union Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
Bibliography
MFA 2013 exhibition catalog, Washington University, Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts, St. Louis, Missouri
Persona, Magazine of Art and Literature at the University of Arizona, Vol. 33, 2011
Truong Thang, "Le Minh Hoa, Mot An Uoc Hoi Hoa Dong Tay" (Le Minh Hoa - A Hidden Painting East-West Agreements), February5, 2011, http://quehuongonline.vn/VietNam/Home/Nguoi-Viet-o-nuoc-ngoai/Guong-mat/2011/02/41AF7CA4/
Brenna Goth: “Student Art Feature at Union,” Arizona Daily Wildcat, November 9, 2010, http://wildcat.arizona.edu/news/student-art-featured-at-union-1.1765295
Kassandra Manriquez, "Water Deprivation Inspires UA Artist," The Chronicle, June 13, 2010
Margaret Regan, “Creating Opportunity,” Tucson Weekly, February 25, 2010